Register a company in Ireland, the English-speaking twelve-and-a-half.

Yes. The CRO is fully electronic, our secretary service signs locally, and the Section 137 bond replaces the EEA director where needed. Fintech accounts open by video; pillar banks may want a meeting for full facilities. Nobody flies to Dublin for the incorporation itself.

Turnkey registration starts from €2,200 including the CRO, constitution, company secretary and first-year registered office. With an account arranged, packages start from €3,900. The Section 137 bond, where needed, adds from €1,900 for its two-year term. Renewals with accounting run from €1,800 a year.

Companies with trading income: active business with real operations, decisions and people connected to Ireland. Passive income (rents, portfolio investment) pays 25%, and groups above €750M globally meet the 15% Pillar Two floor. «Trading» is a facts test Revenue takes seriously; we document the substance from day one so the rate holds.

Every Irish company needs at least one director resident in the EEA, or failing that a Section 137 bond: a two-year insurance instrument (about €25,000 cover) that stands in for the resident director. We arrange either within days; the bond route keeps the company 100% yours with no local appointments.

Qualifying research spend earns a 30% credit, payable in cash instalments over three years even if the company has no tax to offset, on top of the 12.5% deduction. Software development counts when it resolves technological uncertainty. We document eligibility as you build, because Revenue audits the paperwork, not the intentions.

The headline DWT is 25%, but exemptions cover most real cases: EU and treaty-country parents and individuals file declarations and receive gross payments. Since 2025 Ireland also exempts qualifying foreign dividends coming in, completing the holding platform. We set up the declarations at incorporation so the exemptions apply from the first distribution.

Two-speed. Fintechs (Wise, Revolut Business, Fire) open EUR/GBP accounts in days and run most operating needs. The pillar banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, onboard non-resident-owned companies slowly and prefer real Irish substance. Our standard route: fintech first for operations, pillar bank in parallel where the case supports it.

Fifty years of treaty network, depreciation rules and expertise: more than half the world's leased commercial fleet is managed from Dublin. For asset-leasing structures of any kind, that infrastructure of lawyers, lessors and Revenue practice is reusable, and we plug clients into it.

The UK offers the deeper capital market at 25% corporation tax, outside the single market. Ireland offers 12.5%, the euro and frictionless EU trade in the same language and legal family. Selling into Europe: Ireland. Raising in London or serving UK clients: the UK. Often both, as a pair we build together.

The CRO registers in 3-7 business days; plan one to two weeks end to end including tax registration, with the bond (if needed) issued in parallel. A fintech account can be live before the tax numbers arrive. VAT registration takes longest where substance questions arise, so we front-load that file.